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Worlds Apart?: Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, cartea 1

Autor Dunja M. Mohr Editat de Donald E. Palumbo, Kay Sullivan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2005
Literary critics and scholars have written extensively on the demise of the ?utopian spirit? in the modern novel. What has often been overlooked is the emergence of a new hybrid subgenre, particularly in science fiction and fantasy, which incorporates utopian strategies within the dystopian narrative, particularly in the feminist dystopias of the 1980s and 1990s. The author names this new subgenre ?transgressive utopian dystopias.? Suzette Haden Elgin's "Native Tongue" trilogy, Suzy McKee Charna's "Holdfast" series, and Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" are thoroughly analyzed within the context of this this new subgenre of ?transgressive utopian dystopias.? Analysis focuses particularly on how these works cover the interrelated categories of gender, race and class, along with their relationship to classic literary dualism and the dystopian narrative. Without completely dissolving the dualistic order, the feminist dystopias studied here contest the notions of unambiguity and authenticity that are generally part of the canon.
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ISBN-13: 9780786421428
ISBN-10: 0786421428
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 154 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: McFarland & Company
Seria Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy


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Literary critics and scholars have written extensively on the demise of the ?utopian spirit? in the modern novel. What has often been overlooked is the emergence of a new hybrid subgenre, particularly in science fiction and fantasy, which incorporates utopian strategies within the dystopian narrative, particularly in the feminist dystopias of the 1980s and 1990s. The author names this new subgenre ?transgressive utopian dystopias.? Suzette Haden Elgin's "Native Tongue" trilogy, Suzy McKee Charna's "Holdfast" series, and Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" are thoroughly analyzed within the context of this this new subgenre of ?transgressive utopian dystopias.? Analysis focuses particularly on how these works cover the interrelated categories of gender, race and class, along with their relationship to classic literary dualism and the dystopian narrative. Without completely dissolving the dualistic order, the feminist dystopias studied here contest the notions of unambiguity and authenticity that are generally part of the canon.


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